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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry for the backlash, OP.  My MIL and I have a very hard relationship due to her not understanding boundaries.  Two big example of this are religion and family values.  My Inlaws believe that my children must be taught to be catholic and attempt to teach this to my children through the threat of "if you do not believe, you will go to hell."  As far as the family values, my MIL is stuck in a generation long ago and when my daughters talk about a career they would enjoy, my MIL will tell them something to the effect of "Well, yes, that will be fun until you meet your prince charming and settle down to raise your children."  My DH and I do not agree with either view but no amount of talking with them over the years gets it to stop.  So,  I will admit that I did find it very amusing (and I truly enjoyed the moment) when my 17 year old daughter looked my MIL in the eye and told her "If your God would send me to hell even though I try very hard to do the right thing even when it's hard for simply questioning that what you believe, then I do not want to honor your God anyway." I also found it awesome and too funny when my 14 year old asked her if she would come to her wedding if she decided to marry a women instead of a man.  I found the look on my MIL's face hysterical and had to leave the room for a minute.

Don't get me wrong, I talked to the girls and told them that although I shared their beliefs and agreed with the overall message they were sending her that they would never change her mind and sometimes we just need to ignore ignorant comments from others but secretly, I was very proud of my girls and enjoyed it.  Maybe that makes me a terrible person but I am okay with that!  [/quote]

What your in-laws are teaching is not Catholicism, BTW. Make sure your kids know that so they won't grow up to be anti-Catholic based on misunderstandings the way some people are anti-Islam.[/quote]

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